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Clique Infiltrator, Cunning Linguist and Master Debator
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Location: Edinburgh burgh burrrrrr, United Kingdom
Posted:
Ok so after having billing problems with lycos I switched to canada based bravenet about a year ago. Recently I bought another domain and account. So I log on today and that new account has been deleted, after i spent ages uploading vids, pics, etc. so I log into the old one and it said that one's been suspended. I've opened enquiry tickets for it and am awaiting help.
In the mean time, I'm looking for reliable hosting, that will be close to the great deal I had with bravenet's premium package but is based in the UK. Can anyone recommend anything, preferably one that can take visa electron payments.
cheers,
The Tink
Ok so after having billing problems with lycos I switched to canada based bravenet about a year ago. Recently I bought another domain and account. So I log on today and that new account has been deleted, after i spent ages uploading vids, pics, etc. so I log into the old one and it said that one's been suspended. I've opened enquiry tickets for it and am awaiting help.
In the mean time, I'm looking for reliable hosting, that will be close to the great deal I had with bravenet's premium package but is based in the UK. Can anyone recommend anything, preferably one that can take visa electron payments.
cheers,
The Tink
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Location: Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Geek-enviro-hippy priest
1,858 posts
Location: Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Posted:
do you really need all that space and bandwidth?
If so, then dreamhost (https://www.dreamhost.com/) is good. they're not in the UK, but then I doubt you'll find anyone that good in the UK.
opensourcehost.com is another good one, but it offers less bandwidth and space (Play 2006 is running on them).
If you want less bandwidth then I can give you hosting from my server - just PM me
good luck, and report back on who you go with!
(PS, I have a few providers in mind who you should not go with, if you like I can give my opinion if you find someonoe, but I think PM is a better place for that...)
do you really need all that space and bandwidth?
If so, then dreamhost (https://www.dreamhost.com/) is good. they're not in the UK, but then I doubt you'll find anyone that good in the UK.
opensourcehost.com is another good one, but it offers less bandwidth and space (Play 2006 is running on them).
If you want less bandwidth then I can give you hosting from my server - just PM me
good luck, and report back on who you go with!
(PS, I have a few providers in mind who you should not go with, if you like I can give my opinion if you find someonoe, but I think PM is a better place for that...)
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: "In your ear", United Kingdom
Carpal \'Tunnel
6,207 posts
Location: "In your ear", United Kingdom
Posted:
thought of paying a little more for a local company
might cost you more, but its worth it somtimes
thought of paying a little more for a local company
might cost you more, but its worth it somtimes
Step (el-nombrie)
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Posted:
The thing is, I'm planning on getting lots of vids online, plus every picture i took at school, when i get the chance to pick them up from mum's. so bandwith is more of a priority then actual space.
Sym - I was just being greedy, but it was a wicked cheap deal and i thought - "why not?"
another thing, i got lots of other peoples pics that i said i'd store online for them, and its letting them down too.
The thing is, I'm planning on getting lots of vids online, plus every picture i took at school, when i get the chance to pick them up from mum's. so bandwith is more of a priority then actual space.
Sym - I was just being greedy, but it was a wicked cheap deal and i thought - "why not?"
another thing, i got lots of other peoples pics that i said i'd store online for them, and its letting them down too.
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Location: Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Geek-enviro-hippy priest
1,858 posts
Location: Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Posted:
in that case, i'd say dreamhost is the one for you - they have very good reviews and you get 1tb bandwidth a month - thats loads and loads!
in that case, i'd say dreamhost is the one for you - they have very good reviews and you get 1tb bandwidth a month - thats loads and loads!
There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees
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Clique Infiltrator, Cunning Linguist and Master Debator
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Location: Edinburgh burgh burrrrrr, United Kingdom
Clique Infiltrator, Cunning Linguist and Master Debator
4,219 posts
Location: Edinburgh burgh burrrrrr, United Kingdom
Posted:
ok cool Sym, I'll check it out!
ok cool Sym, I'll check it out!
Always use "so's your face" and "only on Tuesdays" in as many conversations possible
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Location: ffidrac
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Location: ffidrac
Posted:
i've got unlimited space from www.streamline.net. You pay for the package by the year or for two years so it's a heftier sum initially but you get a free domain name, email accounts (five or ten i can't remember), and it works out pretty cheap, it's very basic web server though so no fancy web designers or anything, means you need to be able to code or have dreamweaver/similar.... hosted in the UK too.... i've had it nearly a year now, (although have been really rubbish with making an actual website, 'tis handy for transferring docs and stuff though) and it's been very reliable, and you have complete control over the website content, no advertising or anything. They have lots of different packages as well at varying prices, but the unlimited one worked out to be a pretty reasonable price, about £3.75 a month for 2 years....? the price they quote doesn't include VAT, but mine was £90 total.
i've got unlimited space from www.streamline.net. You pay for the package by the year or for two years so it's a heftier sum initially but you get a free domain name, email accounts (five or ten i can't remember), and it works out pretty cheap, it's very basic web server though so no fancy web designers or anything, means you need to be able to code or have dreamweaver/similar.... hosted in the UK too.... i've had it nearly a year now, (although have been really rubbish with making an actual website, 'tis handy for transferring docs and stuff though) and it's been very reliable, and you have complete control over the website content, no advertising or anything. They have lots of different packages as well at varying prices, but the unlimited one worked out to be a pretty reasonable price, about £3.75 a month for 2 years....? the price they quote doesn't include VAT, but mine was £90 total.
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Clique Infiltrator, Cunning Linguist and Master Debator
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Location: Edinburgh burgh burrrrrr, United Kingdom
Posted:
Ok so after waiting and waiting i finally purchased hosting from dreamhost.com. (cheers for the link sym!)
its online now but still a bit buggy, organising a forum for it too, to act as a guestbook type thing. link for site is in my profile.
Yesssss! *punches air triumphantly*
Ok so after waiting and waiting i finally purchased hosting from dreamhost.com. (cheers for the link sym!)
its online now but still a bit buggy, organising a forum for it too, to act as a guestbook type thing. link for site is in my profile.
Yesssss! *punches air triumphantly*
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Location: Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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Location: Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Posted:
no worries - I'm sure you'll repay me by adding a link to Play festival... 
no worries - I'm sure you'll repay me by adding a link to Play festival... There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees
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Location: Edinburgh burgh burrrrrr, United Kingdom
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of course but now i cant even access it - other people can but i cant log in via my ftp prog or view the damn page. is it a firewall problem? help help! grrrr
of course but now i cant even access it - other people can but i cant log in via my ftp prog or view the damn page. is it a firewall problem? help help! grrrr
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Location: Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Geek-enviro-hippy priest
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Location: Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Posted:
mmm, that seems odd - maybe waiting an hour or so will clear it up, if not you can try going to start > run > type cmd then in the black box type
tracert everybody-loves-tink.com
and tell us what you see....
You can also try typeing (in the same box):
ipconfig /flushdns
and tring to to access it again...
mmm, that seems odd - maybe waiting an hour or so will clear it up, if not you can try going to start > run > type cmd then in the black box type
tracert everybody-loves-tink.com
and tell us what you see....
You can also try typeing (in the same box):
ipconfig /flushdns
and tring to to access it again...
There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees
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Clique Infiltrator, Cunning Linguist and Master Debator
4,219 posts
Location: Edinburgh burgh burrrrrr, United Kingdom
Clique Infiltrator, Cunning Linguist and Master Debator
4,219 posts
Location: Edinburgh burgh burrrrrr, United Kingdom
Posted:
My router was being an arse - unplugged it - now its workin fine. hurrah!
My router was being an arse - unplugged it - now its workin fine. hurrah!
Always use "so's your face" and "only on Tuesdays" in as many conversations possible
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Carpal \'Tunnel
2,617 posts
Location: Berlin, Ireland
Carpal \'Tunnel
2,617 posts
Location: Berlin, Ireland
Posted:
Hey guys I'm in the market for hosting at the moment. How' re you finding dream hosting twink?
Anybody else got good recommendations or could direct me to a good place for hosting reviews... thanks
J
Hey guys I'm in the market for hosting at the moment. How' re you finding dream hosting twink?
Anybody else got good recommendations or could direct me to a good place for hosting reviews... thanks
J
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Location: Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Posted:
What do you want from it? Open source host is great (it's running the play site well), A2 hosting is very good too (the support is really amazing!)
I've never used dreamhost, but I know it's a good deal.
What do you want from it? Open source host is great (it's running the play site well), A2 hosting is very good too (the support is really amazing!)
I've never used dreamhost, but I know it's a good deal.
There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees
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Location: Manchester, UK
Geek
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Location: Manchester, UK
Posted:
I use UKWSD.
Support is awesome and I've never experienced any problems at all.
I use UKWSD.
Support is awesome and I've never experienced any problems at all.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
2,617 posts
Location: Berlin, Ireland
Carpal \'Tunnel
2,617 posts
Location: Berlin, Ireland
Posted:
Thanks, will look into them...
I want to run a Board, a shop, mulitple domains and would preferably want a high bandwidth to host videos.
Dreamhost looks good but they are oversold and their customer service is bad by the looks of things.
Cartika Hosting is good. Starts at 10 euro a month but only 5 Gb monthly transfer and 350 MB space....
That seems little to me though I've never run a site before...
Thanks, will look into them...
I want to run a Board, a shop, mulitple domains and would preferably want a high bandwidth to host videos.
Dreamhost looks good but they are oversold and their customer service is bad by the looks of things.
Cartika Hosting is good. Starts at 10 euro a month but only 5 Gb monthly transfer and 350 MB space....
That seems little to me though I've never run a site before...
I live in a world of infinite possibilities.
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Posted:
Good deal is an understatement - I'm very happy with them. I want to marry them and have their babies!
Written by: Sym
What do you want from it? Open source host is great (it's running the play site well), A2 hosting is very good too (the support is really amazing!)
I've never used dreamhost, but I know it's a good deal.
Good deal is an understatement - I'm very happy with them. I want to marry them and have their babies!
Always use "so's your face" and "only on Tuesdays" in as many conversations possible
activist for HoPper liberation.
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Location: ffidrac
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Location: ffidrac
Posted:
see above... www.streamline.net it sounds a lot because you pay it all at once, but works out not much different to other packages, you get unlimited MB, and you don't have to even think about faffing around with renewing and what not for 2 years. I don't know whether other hosting services provide you with templates or guides or whatever, streamline doesn't so i suppose it's not good if you have no clue about website hosting, but other than that, i like 'em and have never had problems with their servers going down or anything like that. not that i'm aware of anyway. not sure about the shop aspect though, wouldn't you need a secure server for that?
see above... www.streamline.net it sounds a lot because you pay it all at once, but works out not much different to other packages, you get unlimited MB, and you don't have to even think about faffing around with renewing and what not for 2 years. I don't know whether other hosting services provide you with templates or guides or whatever, streamline doesn't so i suppose it's not good if you have no clue about website hosting, but other than that, i like 'em and have never had problems with their servers going down or anything like that. not that i'm aware of anyway. not sure about the shop aspect though, wouldn't you need a secure server for that?
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Carpal \'Tunnel
2,617 posts
Location: Berlin, Ireland
Carpal \'Tunnel
2,617 posts
Location: Berlin, Ireland
Posted:
Hey guys. Thanks for the advice.
Streamline's site annoyed me because they didn't make it clear how much bandwidth was in each packet.
Dreamhost worried me because of their customer service reviews.
opensource was pricey, I thought.
After scouring www.webhostingreview.com and hsreview.com a good bit I've gone with www.hostgator.com.
I got a great deal and they have brilliant review. I'lll let you know how I get on.
Thanks again guys!
Hey guys. Thanks for the advice.
Streamline's site annoyed me because they didn't make it clear how much bandwidth was in each packet.
Dreamhost worried me because of their customer service reviews.
opensource was pricey, I thought.
After scouring www.webhostingreview.com and hsreview.com a good bit I've gone with www.hostgator.com.
I got a great deal and they have brilliant review. I'lll let you know how I get on.
Thanks again guys!
I live in a world of infinite possibilities.
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15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
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Location: South Wales
Posted:
Im having hosting nightmares myself at the moment.
NEVER EVER USE GISOL/ GHSOL/ GLOBAL INTERNET SOLUTIONS - THEY ARE A BUNCH OF SCAM ARTISTS AND BASCIALLY UTTERLY NASTY PEOPLE. Go google for "Gisol review" and see all the negative reports about them.
They are currently holding my domain hostage.
Im currently looking at www.unitedhosting.co.uk as they seem to be really good based on online reviews, and how helpful their support team has been to us, and we arent even customers yet.
Im having hosting nightmares myself at the moment.
NEVER EVER USE GISOL/ GHSOL/ GLOBAL INTERNET SOLUTIONS - THEY ARE A BUNCH OF SCAM ARTISTS AND BASCIALLY UTTERLY NASTY PEOPLE. Go google for "Gisol review" and see all the negative reports about them.
They are currently holding my domain hostage.
Im currently looking at www.unitedhosting.co.uk as they seem to be really good based on online reviews, and how helpful their support team has been to us, and we arent even customers yet.
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4,997 posts
Location: United Kingdom
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4,997 posts
Location: United Kingdom
Posted:
IF your looking for good hosting then try contacting
www.moltenpixel.co.uk
They offer a wide range of customisable options.... fast and reliable service too.
QUOTE my name PK when contacting them.
Hosting is never trouble free, I have had my fair share over the years... always remember what you pay for is what you get.
IF your looking for good hosting then try contacting
www.moltenpixel.co.uk
They offer a wide range of customisable options.... fast and reliable service too.
QUOTE my name PK when contacting them.
Hosting is never trouble free, I have had my fair share over the years... always remember what you pay for is what you get.
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